{"id":18071,"date":"2024-10-18T12:36:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/?post_type=exhibition&p=18071"},"modified":"2024-10-18T12:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:37:42","slug":"arrival-in-zagreb-1891-1896","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/ekultura.hr\/en\/exhibition\/arhitekt-viktor-kovacic-otac-hrvatske-moderne-arhitekture\/arrival-in-zagreb-1891-1896\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrival in Zagreb, 1891 – 1896"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Kova\u010di\u0107 came to Zagreb at the beginning of 1891. One of the first jobs he took on when he came to Zagreb was to work on the construction of the Central Station. Then his uncle’s acquaintance, the architect Kuno Waidmann, came to his aid. Thanks to him, Kova\u010di\u0107 achieved his first realization in Zagreb – the adaptation of the Hermann Eisner building at Trg Nikola \u0160ubi\u0107 Zrinski 14. Although it was a modest intervention, the adaptation of the balcony-loggia above the main entrance of the house, Kova\u010di\u0107’s performance was more than solid, and what was not went unnoticed among Zagreb architects and builders at the time. His talent was also noticed by the architect Gjuro Carnelutti, who on April 1, 1891, accepted him as a construction apprentice in his studio. Kova\u010di\u0107 worked for him for six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ivan Standl, Construction of the Zagreb Cathedral, 1894, Ministry of culture and media Republic of Croatia<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Already on October 1, Carnelutti writes a recommendation with which Kova\u010di\u0107 goes to the authority, the architect Hermann Boll\u00e9. Boll\u00e9’s studio was the place where Kova\u010di\u0107 acquired all the necessary knowledge and skills that made him an excellent architect. Many years later, Kova\u010di\u0107 himself admitted that he learned a lot from Boll\u00e9, especially about the solid execution of every detail, the correct use of materials and good craftsmanship. Kova\u010di\u0107 worked as a construction technician in Boll\u00e9’s studio for five years. In the recommendation that Boll\u00e9 wrote to Kova\u010di\u0107 in 1886 on the occasion of his departure for further education in Vienna, it is stated that he worked with him from October 15, 1891 to September 15, 1896. In the beginning, Kova\u010di\u0107 mainly worked as a draftsman. However, very soon Boll\u00e9 began to entrust him with increasingly complex and responsible tasks. Among the first was involvement in the construction of the Zagreb Cathedral. During 1893, Boll\u00e9 entrusted him with the supervision of the renovation and expansion of the Orthodox Episcopal Church of St. Three in Pakrac. According to some sources, Kova\u010di\u0107 was also entrusted with filming the monastery and church in Lepoglava, and then designing and building several smaller churches and exhibition pavilions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Pakrac, Church of St. Three (Svete Trojice) and the Episcopal Palace building after renovation, 1896, Ministry of culture and media Republic of Croatia<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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